I haven't had the time to buy it yet but i do know there are alot of differences your talking about studio 8 aint ya, anyway for a start it will be easy to switch between programmes when your using it then theres the new codecs that are used which gives good compression to your movies and swf's. But like i said i haven't had the time to study it yet as i am busy right now but they tell you all about it at www.macromedia.com so try there and read a review or something.